by Rebecca Copeland | May 13, 2026 | Memories
Ron perched on the edge of the desk. He held a book of poems in one hand, a cigarette in the other. “We’ll work on Japanese forms today,” he said. “The tanka. Show me what you’ve got.” Over the weekend he had assigned Kenneth Rexroth’s One Hundred Poems from the... 
by Rebecca Copeland | Apr 22, 2026 | Family
“I’m doing the best I can,” Beth texts me. It’s 5:23 in the morning my time. I’m in Kyoto. Beth’s in an intensive care unit in Winston Salem, North Carolina. It’s her third admittance since she began her cancer journey in early 2025. I know she hates being in the... 
by Rebecca Copeland | Sep 10, 2025 | Poetry
On Sunday, August 17, 2025 we celebrated Beth’s latest collection of poetry, I Ask the Mountain to Heal My Heart via a ZOOM Book Launch! I went to Beth’s house in Creston, armed with my laptop, a set of questions, and a shaky ability to handle technology. I was...
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